"The United States military said it killed four people in its latest attack on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, announcing the lethal strike after resolutions seeking to rein in President Donald Trump's aggression towards Venezuela were voted down by US lawmakers. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which is leading the burgeoning Southern Spear military operation in the Latin America region, said the attack on Wednesday targeted four male narco-terrorists without providing any evidence that the destroyed vessel was involved in drug trafficking."
"Ordered by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the attack brings to almost 100 the number of people killed in US strikes on 26 vessels that Washington has acknowledged in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean since September. While legal experts have accused the US of carrying out a campaign of extrajudicial killings in international waters, Trump has justified the attacks as necessary to halt the flow of drugs into the US from drug cartels, particularly those based in Venezuela."
"On Wednesday, the Republican-majority House of Representatives voted 213 to 211 against a resolution directing the president to remove US forces from hostilities with or against Venezuela without congressional authorisation. The House also voted 216 to 210 against a resolution that would remove US forces from hostilities with any presidentially designated terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere unless authorised by Congress."
US forces conducted a strike that killed four people aboard a vessel in the eastern Pacific, with the military identifying the targets as male narco-terrorists without presenting evidence of drug trafficking. SOUTHCOM said the vessel was transiting a known narco-trafficking route and posted a video showing a speedboat destroyed. The strike, ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, raised the death toll from US attacks on 26 vessels to almost 100 since September. Legal experts accused the US of extrajudicial killings in international waters. The House voted twice to reject resolutions that would limit presidential authority over regional hostilities.
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